During the pandemic, the ability to deliver seamless virtual events has become an essential part of any event organiser’s arsenal. Here’s our complete guide to help you along the way.
This workshop at EventLAB Online Part 2 explored how we can create engaging events with experience design. Leading the workshop was Kim Myhre (Founder & Managing Partner) and Jordan Waid (Creative Partner) of Experience Designed.
With progress being made towards a vaccine for the coronavirus, we are starting to consider the impact this could have on consumer confidence and the return to live events. We were joined by Caroline Medcalf, Director of Venue Finding & Events at Capita Travel and Events, Mark Bannister, Independent Technical Director and Edward Poland, Co-founder of Hire Space, for the final session of the day.
We were joined by Sarah Virani, Partnerships & Marketing Manager at Regent Street Cinema, Sheena Patel, Director of YonderBeyond, Jenny McNeill, Co-Founder & Food Director of Flavourology and Sanj Surati, Digital Atelier/Founder of Tiger Heart to discuss what immersive events will look like going forward.
The News Digest team discuss whether venues should be the moral arbiters of the events they host after artists protest the Design Museum and Marie Le Pen is disinvited from a tech conference in Lisbon. The team also discuss the success of the first Global Disability Summit and what the industry can learn from it. To round out the episode, George spoke to Tim Etherington-Judge, the founder of Healthy Hospo, about mental health and the possible changes coming to Hackney’s nightlife.
This episode we’re joined by Martin Fullard, Deputy Editor of Conference News to discuss change in the meetings industry, Hackney’s new licensing policy, and more in the News Digest. Ed sat down with Alex Head, Founder of Social Pantry to discuss Entrepreneurship in the Events and Hospitality industry and Venue Talk is back with 3 more of London’s latest and greatest venues.
For the latest edition of the EventLAB Series, we invited 100 event professionals to Nobu Hotel Shoreditch to discuss post-event engagement with our panel of experts, take part in a content strategy workshop, and enjoy the hospitality of the venue on a very sunny July morning.
This episode we explored some exciting new areas for enhancing guest experience. We spoke to Unlimited Brewing about experiential marketing through bespoke beverages, clueQuest about the immersive experience of escape rooms, and Draughts London about the analogue social experience of board games. On the News Digest, the team tackle food waste in the industry, destination marketing and whether agencies should charge for services.
This week the News Digest team are joined by Richard Groves as they consider Heathrow’s third runway, Netflix’s new anti-harassment policy, the meeting between Trump and Kim Jong Un, and what do they all mean for the events industry. Clemi Hardy also joined us to chat about collecting data at events and how to be smart about it.
We’ve rounded up the key takeaways from our latest roundtable discussion, exploring the challenges that event organisers face when communicating with stakeholders throughout the planning process and effective ways to tackle these to increase efficiency, best promote their skills, and achieve more influence on project outcomes.
